The O-RAN ALLIANCE has announced that Salam Mobile has joined as its 33rd operator member, extending of mobile network operators committed to deployment of O-RAN (open radio access network).
Salam Mobile recently announced plans to collaborate with the Open RAN ecosystem within the Open RAN network deployment and operations to power Salam’s ambition to expand its existing mobile offering by providing a richer customer experience and unlocking new possibilities for Saudi Arabia’s digitally driven generation in support of Kingdom’s digital transformation journey.
“Operators are continuing to advance open RAN around the globe, as demonstrated by increasing membership in the O-RAN ALLIANCE,” says Alex Jinsung Choi, chairman of board, O-RAN ALLIANCE. “We are especially pleased to welcome Salam Mobile as the second member from the Middle East region, where we see significant potential for this technology to help operators develop and launch innovative and sustainable services.”
“We believe that the future of the telecom industry will be more open, virtualised, cloud-native, intelligent, and software-centric. Salam joined O-RAN ALLIANCE to collaborate with the Open RAN ecosystem and build a fully automated, resilient, and self-driven open radio access network,” says Ahmed H. AlGhamdi, CTO of Salam.
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